Answer / kiran kumar

---- is a named pl/sql block to perform a specific task.
---- A procedure may have DML statements.
---- It may or may not return a value.
---- Procedure can return more than one value.

Example for procedure
1)To accept the year as a parameter and list emp belong to
the year?
Create or replace
Procedure empy(y number) is
Cursor emp_cursor is
Select * from emp where to_char(hiredate,?yyyy?)=?y?;
Emp_record emp%rowtype;
Begin
For emp_record in emp_cursor loop
Print (emp_record.empno);
Print (emp_record.ename);
Print (emp_record.sal);
End loop;
End;
Output :
var empx number;
Begin
:empx := ?1234?;
End;
Exec empy(:empx);
Print empy;

Answer / nidhi

Procedure consist of set of the PL/SQL statments that are
grouped togather as a unit to solve a specific problem or
perform set of related tasks.
-->May or may not return the value.
-->can not use in teh sql queries because returns more than
one value.

Answer / chandrasekhar

procedure is subprogram in pl/sql that contains a set of
SQL and PL/SQL statements.Subprograms once we executed can
be used in any no.of applications

why r u transer the data base tables to flat file and what is use

3 Answers   Wipro,

---

What are the validations you don in .CTL file in inbound interface process?

1 Answers  

---

how to debug the report?

2 Answers   IBM, Qualcomm, Sierra Atlantica,

---

What is count(*) from po_vendors(any table)?

0 Answers  

---

The report output is 10 pages then how many times between pages report trigger will fire?

1 Answers   IBM,

---

What is the reason for distribution hold. Why invoices will go on distribution variance hold ??

1 Answers   Oracle,

---

How can u call a standard interface program from sql or pl/sql code?

3 Answers   Satyam,

---

where we find the status of order information.

2 Answers  

---

Challenges faced during upgradation of 11i to R12

1 Answers   Infosys, Satyam,

---

what is difference between po_headers_all and po_headers

2 Answers   NTT Data,

---

can we execute one concurrent program through another concurrent program?

1 Answers   KPIT,

---

Can you differentiate between mediator and osb?

0 Answers  

---